# CVE-2020-24554: Open Redirect in Liferay Portal

> Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Liferay Portal by triggering excessive 404 error logging through repeated requests for non-existent pages.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 1 Sep 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mg53-xr8m-86hw

## What is CVE-2020-24554?

CVE-2020-24554 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Liferay Liferay Portal, published on 1 Sep 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The redirect module in Liferay Portal before 7.3.3 does not limit the number of URLs resulting in a 404 error that is recorded, which allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service attack by making repeated requests for pages that do not exist.

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-24554?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom` | Maven | All versions | 7.3.3 |
| `com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom` | Maven | All versions | 7.3.3 |

Products: Liferay Liferay Portal.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-24554?

Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to 7.3.3 or later.

## Is CVE-2020-24554 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-24554 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Liferay Liferay Portal

- [CVE-2020-7961](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7961/): Liferay Portal Deserialization of Untrusted Data (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-33990](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-33990/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-16891](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16891/): Liferay Portal Allows RCE via Deserialization of a JSON Payload (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-47797](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47797/): Liferay Portal XSS with `p_l_back_url_title` on edit content page (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2020-13445](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-13445/): Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-24554 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-24554 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Liferay Liferay Portal, published on 1 Sep 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-24554 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 7.3.3
- com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 7.3.3

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24554/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24554/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24554
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24554
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-24554

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24554/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.